We discuss how inheritance tax actually changed in the budget, who will be affected and whether it was a good idea.

Scotland’s income tax rises have likely increased tax avoidance and migration – but the size of the effects is uncertain.

Clara's interests lie in public and labour economics. She joined the Institute for Fiscal Studies in 2021 while completing her Master of Research in Economics. In 2023, she earned the three-years IFS ...

The Wales Public Services 2025 Programme is investigating the long-term financial, demographic and demand pressures confronting public services in Wales and possible responses. Hosted by Cardiff ...

This Unit brings together child poverty policy officials and analysts to take the Government’s child poverty strategy to its next stage of development. The role of the Unit is to: provide an ...

Young people at risk of getting involved in violence are those in most of need of therapeutic support, but most unlikely to receive it. The Your Choice programme aims to shift how such therapeutic ...

Teenagers affected by austerity-induced youth club closures performed 4% worse in exams at age 16 and became 14% more likely ...

After a post-pandemic fall-off, NHS hospital productivity has increased over the last year, with hospital activity growing ...

Using quasi-experimental variation from austerity-related cuts, I provide the first causal estimates of youth clubs' effects ...